Book details of 'Using & Managing Uucp (Nutshell Handbook)'

Title	Using & Managing Uucp (Nutshell Handbook)
Author(s)	Ed Ravin, Dale Dougherty, Grace Todino, Tim O'Reilly
ISBN	1565921534
Language	English
Published	September 1996
Publisher	O'Reilly & Associates

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Reviewer Rob Slade wrote:
Updating two earlier Nutshell books ("Using UUCP and Usenet", cf. BKUSUUCP.RVW; and "Managing uucp and Usenet", cf. BKMANUCP.RVW), this book is quite technical - but then, users of uucp are pretty much bound to be technical themselves, unless their "use" is limited to preprogrammed scripts. The layout closely follows that of the original books: sort of part one equals using and part tow equals managing. Chapter one is an introduction to uucp and networks (versions of uucp having been covered in the Preface). Using mail as an example, network routing and "bang paths" are explained. Chapter two deals with file transfers, and covers "permissions" and security aspects. Chapter three explains the "remote" execution of commands while five details remote login. Chapter four covers the matter of checking on the status of requests. Chapter six now covers email. I was interested to note that the original chapters seven, eight and nine form the "Using" book, which I had criticized, have been removed. They dealt with Usenet, and the reading and posting of "news". News is now dealt with only briefly in an appendix. When it comes to management, the book provides hardware guidance as well, particularly to those with Intel boxes. Chapters eight and nine deal not only with the basic operations and configuration of UUCP, but also with cabling, ports and modems. The material gives enough detail but does not go on to flaunt knowledge of unnecessary trivia. Further chapters give information on testing and troubleshooting, security and management. Once again, the chapters on Usenet news have been removed. There are now twelve very useful appendices covering shell scripts, spool directory, error messages, non-UNIX platforms, sendmail, news, the UUCP mapping project, management tools, modem setup, protocol internals, the UUCP g protocol, and other resources. UUCP may be seen by some to be obsolete, particularly in the face of the near dominance of TCP/IP. However, UUCP is a robust and useful system, particularly in dialup or otherwise difficult communication situations. This resource has significant life left in it yet. copyright Robert M. Slade, 1993
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